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Salt Lake City, UT public schools

Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Granite District — federal education data, not a star rating.

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Quick answer

Granite District is the primary public district for Salt Lake City, UT. It enrolls 61,197 students in 89 schools with 2,743 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $11,409 per pupil, 34% below the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.

Students enrolled
61,197NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
Schools in the district
89Operating school count
Students per teacher
22.3Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
Spending per pupil
$11,409Total current expenditure, FY2020

Who pays for schools in Salt Lake City

Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.

Local revenue
39.2%
$272,138,000
State revenue
49.5%
$343,723,000
Federal revenue
11.4%
$78,960,000

Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the Salt Lake City property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 51 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.

Reading the Salt Lake City numbers

What the 2021-22 NCES and FY2020 Census finance numbers say about this district.

This is a low-spending district: $11,409 per pupil, 34% under the $17,320 median and near the bottom of the metros tracked here. Instruction takes 51 cents of each dollar — $5,773 per student — with the remainder on transport, buildings, food service and administration.

Funding is split roughly evenly — 39.2% local, 49.5% state — so both the local tax base and the UT aid formula matter to what this district can spend. Federal aid contributes 11.4%, near the typical share for a large urban district.

61,197 students across 89 schools averages 688 students per building, and the district is larger than the typical district covered here (44,998 students). Staffing is thin relative to peers: 22.3 students per FTE teacher against a 15.2 median, 7.1 students more per teacher.

What this data covers

Read this before comparing districts.

Granite District is a large city district; figures are the district total (LEAID 4900360) and individual schools inside it vary widely. Independently authorised charter schools, private schools and regional vocational programs are counted separately by NCES and are not in these totals. Enrollment is the 2021-22 NCES collection; dollars are the FY2020 Census F-33 survey, the latest complete national release. The two years differ, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a live budget line.

Other Salt Lake City datasets on this site.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data + Census F-33, via Urban Institute Education Data · rates as published for 2021-22 / FY2020

NCES LEAID 4900360. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.